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INSIDE THIS ISSUE
1-2 Headline News
News and Events
3 Safety
4-5 News from Around the
World
6-10 Announcements
Headline News – Lampson’s Millennium 4100
draws strong interest
By D.Ann Shiffler “American Cranes and Transport Magazine”
April 2014
Tucked in a small booth in the Gold Lot at ConExpo in Las Vegas last
month was an interesting blue crane cab sporting the Lampson
International Logo. Members of the Lampson team were on hand to
discuss a new venture by the Kennewick, WA-based company – the
Millennium 4100.
About a year ago, the Lampson team took a look at its 100-plus fleet of
Manitowoc 4100 crawlers. The cranes, although out of production, are
still functional and popular among operators. The decision that needed
to be made was whether to replace or remanufacture the fleet of
4100’s.
Lampson’s engineering group looked at the problem and took on the
project of remanufacturing the first unit. The result is the Lampson
4100 Millennium crawler, which combines the structural integrity and
versatility of the Manitowoc 4100 with the safety and ease of operation
of the latest generation hydraulic operating system cranes.
Millennium 4100 models have been completely remanufactured and
feature a modernized power train with an eco-friendly Tier 3/4i
Cummins Engine driving Comer drum planetaries that increase single
drum line pulls by up to 70 percent. The swing system has been
converted to hydraulic operation, and the original hydraulic boom hoist
drive has been retained. Operating controls have been modernized
with computer-enhanced joysticks controlling all operating functions of
the crane. The control system allows tandem drum operational
abilities for situations requiring endless reeving. The cranes are
equipped with LSI load monitoring systems to further enhance safe lift
operations.
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Lampson’s Bruce Stemp said the new Lampson Millennium 4100 meets
or exceeds the capabilities of all cranes in the 230-ton capacity class at
a much more economical price point. “You can also use all the Ringer
attachments to increase the capacity to 300 tons” he said. “It also
accepts the Manitowoc Tower attachment”.
Bill Lampson said that “initially the goal of the project is to
remanufacture the cranes for Lampson’s own rental fleet however, we
have had one customer that wanted to purchase the machine rather
than rent and we expect there will be others that wish to purchase due
to long tern needs”.
Also new to the crane is the cab, which Lampson said was designed
“from scratch” with the goal of making it user friendly and
ergonomically comfortable. Stemp said interest in the crane, both for
rental and purchase, has been strong.
News and Events
By Kate Lampson
ConExpo 2014
March 4-8, 2014 marked a week where over 130,000 professionals from
across the construction industry descended upon Las Vegas to attend
the ConExpo show. Contractors, producers, dealers and distributors,
mining companies and manufacturers all gathered to witness the latest
in equipment, technology and product breakthrough in construction.
Lampson International exhibited again this year and featured our new
Lampson Millennium 4100 Crawler Crane Operator’s Cab. The response
was overwhelmingly positive and generated a great deal of interest in
the latest crane to be added to our crawler fleet.
Hydroplane Race Weekend 2014
July 25-27, 2014 will mark the 49th running of the Unlimited
Hydroplanes on the Columbia River. This year’s event will be action
packed with hydroplane racing, an air show and our annual golf
tournament. We anticipate another great weekend and look forward to
seeing all of our friends here!
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Safety – Cell Phones in the Workplace
By Bruce Stemp
In 2010, due to the increasing use of cell phones and their prevalence in the work place, Lampson
instituted a policy concerning such use during working hours. Not wanting to unduly restrict
employees’ ability to be “connected”, the policy was designed to maximize safety while allowing
some communication freedom.
Originally, there were two types of phones being used by our employees – Lampson owned and issued
phones and personally owned phones. This made the use issue pretty much black and white. There
was one set of rules pertaining to the company issued phones (as the employees with them needed a
bit more work place connectivity) and another set for the strictly personal phones. Over the past few
years, these lines have become somewhat blurred due to our commercial policy for phones which now
has, in a nutshell, company required phones used by employees yet considered to be both personal
and company at the same time.
In reality, ownership of the phones is somewhat irrelevant from a safety standpoint. Neither should
ever be used in any situation that could be unsafe to the user or other personnel. It should be
common sense, but unfortunately it has recently become much less common. It’s time we reiterated
some of those common sense usage rules before we are required to restrict the use of phones to a
point that makes all communications more difficult.
First and foremost, no one shall use a phone for any purpose while operating any type of equipment.
Sound reasonable – it is – but this is the biggest complaint we receive about phone use. The remedy,
also simple. Do not answer or use your phone until you have secured the equipment, exited it and
moved to a safe location. We all like to feel important, but every one of us can wait until it’s safe to
use our phone to make or return a call.
Checking your phone for text or voice messages while in the shop or field area. Not a problem usually
however, returning those messages while in the work area – not a good idea. We all, including me,
have a habit of looking at our phones to see if we have received a message and do this on an almost
habitual basis. If we receive a call or message in the shop or field areas, it probably is not of such
significant importance that we need to attend to it immediately. Move yourself to a safe location and
respond. Supervisors are allowed do this at a safe location within the facility however, other
employees should wait until they have a break or lunch period and can respond at that time from an
appropriate location.
Responding or calling from a vehicle on a public roadway. Follow the applicable laws and use a hands
free device if at all possible. If you don’t have one, pullover to a safe location prior to using your
phone. If you don’t and you get a citation, you will have the responsibility for any fines issued.
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If we continue to get complaints concerning unsafe cell phone use, we may have to restrict the
possession of them to only those people who both require them for their jobs and will use them safely
in the work place. If we all use a little common sense and follow the written policy we have in place,
I don’t believe that will be necessary. We’ll soon see.
News from Around the World – Wiggins Island Coal Export Terminal
Project
By Joe Hinds
Joe Hinds, a member of the Lampson Australia Engineering team reports on the Wiggins Island Coal
Export or (WICET) Project and explains a bit about the stockyard area, conveyor and project.
The WICET terminal receives and stockpiles coal from several mines. When a ship is ready to load,
the coal is moved by underground conveyors to the surge bin where it is metered out to conveyors on
the jetty leading to the ship loader.
The stockyard area is about 1000m in length and 250m wide and is divided into two halves by a run of
conveyor gantries. The conveyor gantries support two bridges on rails, one on each side,
perpendicular to the gantry. The opposite ends are supported by an A-frame structure on rails. This
allows the bridge to move up and down the length of the stockyard to deposit incoming coal wherever
it is needed.
The complete gantry is made up of 21 individual modules measuring up to 59m long x 17m wide x 5m
high and weighing up to 340,000 Kg. Each of the bridge modules are 125m long x 12m wide x 12m
high and weigh about 725,000 Kg.
My involvement started in May 2011 with a transport and heavy lift study for the project’s main
Engineering contractor, Worley Parsons. 2 x 6 axle doublewide Goldhofer trailers were proposed for
the transport and two Manitowoc 18000 MAX-ERS were proposed for the lifting. The study was refined
over the next 7 months.
Once the actual construction contract was awarded to John Holland in May 2012, I worked closely
with their engineers developing an overall construction plan and engineering for the transport and
lifting of the modules. The end result was the use of 2 x 6 axle Goldhofer trailers for the transport,
one Lampson Transi-Lift® LTL-750 and one LTL-1100 for the heavy lifting.
The modules were delivered by heavy lift ship to the Port of Gladstone where they were reloaded
onto barges for delivery to the site wharf. We moved our trailers onto the barge and unloaded each
module, moving them to a lay down area where they would be dressed prior to lifting. The module
deliveries started in June 2013 and were completed in November 2013. Each delivery contained
about six modules and were spaced about six weeks apart.
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When the heavy lift operations began, we reloaded and transported the modules to where the two
Transi-Lifts® would lift each module into position. We achieved one module per day during the lifting
operations and as of June 24th the final bridge lift was completed. The project, transport and lifting
went very well and the client was extremely happy.
Wiggins Island Coal Export Terminal Project (WICET)
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Announcements –
By Kate Lampson
Birthday’s: Happy Birthday to the following Lampson employees!!!
April: Nate Bodey, Jeffrey Davis, Nate Giberson, Tom Hoover, Keith Johnson, Alfred Ramirez,
George Stork, Rene Trevino, Dakota Tripp, Greg White, Bucky Gros, Jared Johnson, Tom Sanders,
Beverly Pittman, Roger Williams, Terrence Watson, Sophie Lambouras
May: Jim Badger, Don Brown, Gunner Dixon, Mike Evanson, Tyler Gales, Randy Knight, David Kuhn,
Roland, Lopez, Patrick Meehan, Jeff O’Hair, Dan Phelps, Ian Rolfe, Mike Stevens, James Tilstra,
Hilary Barlow, Todd Burnette, Buddy Davidson, Brett Krage, Terry Shipman, Steve Skrapits,
Anil Jamdade, David Stacey, Mark Schmidt, Karl Newman, Jean-Marc Biram, Timothy Schultz
June: Scott Barlow, Shannon Clingan, Brandon Dickinson, Aspen Finch, David Firestone, Bill Gwinn,
Steve Harvill, Randy Jackson, Chase Larson, James Long, Marvin Meise, HR Moore, Bill Reser,
Jerry Schulder, Gary Talcott, Perry Allen, Bo Elliott, Mike Leisenring, Kyle Tripp, Vera Wilkinson,
Tom Hatfield, Norm Bridge, Allan Pattison, Bill Quintal, Michael Cromarty, Jim Crawford,
George Moreira, Dustin Blakemore, Nicholas Bishop, Paul Bates, Daniel Crawford
Congratulations:
Congratulations to Ryan and Ashley Mathews on
arrival of their son Calvin Grey Mathews. Calvin
born on May 17, 2014 weighing 7lbs and 14oz and
21 inches long. The Mathers family is doing great
we wish them all the best!
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Congratulations to Aaron and Malia Maptson on the
arrival of their daughter Riley Elizabeth Mapston. Riley
was born on May 5, 2014 weighing 6lbs and 14oz and
was 19 inches long. Congratulations to the entire Souza
and Mapston Families!
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Congratulations to Dakota and Emily Tripp who were
married on June 21, 2014. The couple was married in a
beautiful backyard ceremony surrounded by family and
friends. We wish the two of you all the best for a
happy and successful future together!
Congratulations to Mike Leisenring and Jerica
Thompson who will be married in July in the
Tri-Cities. We wish you two the very best for a
wonderful marriage and a happy life together!
Congratulations to Don Brown and Mark Sanders
who are both retiring from Lampson this
summer. We thank each of you for your many
years of service, hard work, dedication and of
course the knowledge that you have shared
with all of us. You will both be greatly missed
and we hope that you will come back to visit
us!
Community Partnerships:
United Way of Benton & Franklin Counties Attendance
Matters! Build the habit of good attendance early.
School success goes hand in hand with good
attendance!
Did You Know?
 Starting in kindergarten, too many absences can cause children to fall behind in
school.
 Missing 10 percent (or about 18 days) can make it harder to learn to read.
 Students can still fall behind if they miss just a day or two every few weeks.
 Being late to school may lead to poor attendance.
 Absences can affect the whole classroom if the teacher has to slow down learning
to help children catch up.
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Attending school regularly helps children feel better about school – and themselves.
Start building this habit in preschool so that they learn right away that going to school
on-time, every day is important. Good attendance will help children do well in high
school, college, and at work.
ATTENDANCE MATTERS – Key Points
The Case:
1.
Prepared by 20 focuses on the key factors that enable healthy youth development
and school success.
2.
Regular attendance affects a student’s success in school and in life.
3.
When students do well in school and graduate, they are more likely to be gainfully
employed, pursue a healthier lifestyle, live in a safe environment, and contribute
to the well-being of a community.
4.
Whether or not we know a child who is struggling with attendance does not
matter. What matters is that every child grows up to be a contributing member of
this community. We all have a stake in that, and a responsibility to do our part as
a community.
The Challenge:
1.
Chronic absenteeism is a key factor in poor academic achievement, high school
dropout, adult unemployment, and crime rates.
2.
1,900 students in Benton and Franklin Counties had 10 or more unexcused
absences in the 2011-12 school year.
3.
Analyzed data from our local schools showed students who missed fewer than 5
days of general math or science class were more likely to earn an “A”, while
students who missed 7 or more days of the same class were more likely to earn a
“D” or “F”.
United Way’s Commitment:
1.
Consistent with Community Solutions philosophy of engaging the community to
address issues, United Way is committed to mobilizing additional resources to
improve school attendance (kindergarten through high school) in Benton and
Franklin Counties.
2.
United Way has partnered with 12 area middle schools throughout Benton and
Franklin Counties to provide support in conveying the Attendance Matters message
to their students. Attendance data will be tracked to measure overall attendance
rate across all schools.
3.
Prepared by 20’s Planning Committee is bringing health and human service
organizations, businesses and community members together to create positive
activities and support schools to achieve the goals of Attendance Matters.
4.
Resources are available through a private foundation and Prepared by 20, so the
commitment level is sustainable for at least 2-3 years.
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Attendance Matters Goals:
1.
A media campaign has been developed, with a compelling message to engage
students and their parents.
2.
This message focuses on the power in finding a student’s inspiration, connection,
passion or direction in order to motivate student participation in school.
3.
Partnerships with our schools, businesses, the faith community, and social service
organizations will demonstrate this in ways such as, offering incentive programs,
message displays and student recognition.
4.
The importance of parents attending student/teacher conferences will be
publicized to local businesses, workplaces, service organizations, and the faith
community.
5.
With the goal of reducing per student absences by two days within 12 area middle
schools, learning will be increased by over 126,000 hours of instruction in a school
year.
6.
This is why Attendance Matters.
What
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You Can Do at Home:
Set a regular bed time and morning routine.
Lay out clothes and pack backpacks the night before.
Introduce your child to his or her teachers and classmates before school starts to
help their transition.
Don’t let your child stay home unless the child is truly sick. Keep in mind
complaints of a stomach ache or headache can be a sign of anxiety and not a
reason to stay at home.
If your child seems anxious about going to school, talk to teachers, school
counselors, or other parents for advice on how to make your child feel
comfortable and excited about learning.
Develop back-up plans for getting to school if something comes up. Call on a
family member, a neighbor, or another parent.
Avoid medical appointments and extended trips when school is in session.
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United Way of Benton & Franklin Counties is excited to be partnering with “Run or Dye”
Tri-Cities this July 12th.Run or Dye is a fun, safe, family-friendly event that can be
enjoyed either through participation or volunteerism.
Use the coupon code UNITED10 when you register by July 6th and save $10.00 while
supporting United Way. If registering after July 6th, use UNITED5 and save $5.00.
Run or Dye Volunteers
Volunteers are the heart and soul of Run or Dye and many enthusiastic volunteers are
needed to make this a fun and safe event for everyone! Individuals, businesses, families,
community or civic organizations – everyone is invited to help out!
If you would like to be a Run or Dye Tri-Cities volunteer,
or would like more information on the event, contact:
Deborah Bourque (509) 783-4102
[email protected]
Website: http://www.unitedway-bfco.com/events.htm
Quote of the Month:
“If your actions inspire others to dream
more, learn more, do more and become
more, you are a leader.”
-John Quincy Adams
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